Veterans Find Peace the Agenda for the 6 P.M

Traffic stops BESE changes lead to arrests guidance on on drug charges school distancing Page 10 Page 10 The Daily Review Morgan City, La. 50 Cents Home of the Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival Wednesday, March 24, 2021 Volume 59, No. 58 Serving St. Mary Parish Since 1872 10 Pages www.stmarynow.com Lounge System stalls over Basin, attracts floods east St. Mary streets complaints By GEOFF STOUTE [email protected] Morgan City residents have lodged 10 complaints since Feb. 15 with the city Police Department about Table 5 Lounge, with many of those complaining of loud music. Hettie J. Carries of Greenwood Street addressed the mayor and council Tuesday about the issue, saying she has to contend with the noise each Friday, Saturday and sometimes on Sunday. “Every weekend, I have a nause- ating headache from the bass and that music. … I call the police. They’ll turn it down. By the time they think the police are gone, they turn it back up again,” she said. “It’s like a game of cat and mouse.” Carries said she also has heard arguments outside near the bar The Daily Review/Diane Miller Fears and has had to call the police after their 2 a.m. closing time because 6-8 inches of rain Tuesday; the bar has not closed. Councilman Rev. Ron Bias more storms in forecast said he also has received com- Staff Report Tuesday’s Morgan City plaints about the bar. He said A storm system that Council meeting, Mayor one complaint was music coming stalled over the Lee Dragna said the from the vehicle, among other Atchafalaya on Tuesday city’s main streets flood- things. morning dumped a re- ed, but homes were “They need to know if they want ported 7-8 inches of rain largely spared. to listen to music, they need to go on Morgan City and “Our guys pumped all inside, not have a concert out of more than 6 inches of day long, and they did their trucks in the parking lot,” he rain near Cypremort very well considering we told Morgan City Police Chief Point. had seven inches of rain James Blair. Street flooding was in a six hour period,” he Blair said the Police Department widespread across east said. has talked to Table 5’s owners and St. Mary. Flooding led to road management to try to come to an Multiple reports said closures in Berwick. (Continued on Page 8) 6.25 to 6.5 inches of rain Drivers were asked to be fell in the Cypremort patient and not to drive Point area, National through roads that were Parish Council Weather Service blocked — Golden Meteorologist Seth Farms, Francis Street, Submitted/St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office will discuss Warthen said. Pharr Street and every In Morgan City, lesser street south of Golden Top Photo: The photo shows Middle Road in Bayou Vista at its in- amounts fell in the Farms. tersection with Polaris Road. The water in the drainage ditch on the comments morning, but rain con- Sheriff Blaise Smith right was about 6 feet lower last weekend. Bottom Photo: The St. tinued to fall into the asked people to stay off Mary Parish Sheriff's Office posted this Facebook picture of a car from public early evening. At (Continued on Page 8) making its way down a flooded street. Staff Report The St. Mary Parish Council will talk about the way citizens are allowed to talk at council meetings. Veterans find peace The agenda for the 6 p.m. Wednesday council meeting also includes discussion of mutual aid Group uses the outdoors to make lives more active among water and sewer service districts and an introductory ordi- By GEOFF STOUTE nance that could save the parish [email protected] more than $1 million. Dustin Bagwell may have Councilman J Ina of Franklin left the Army in 2016, but that put an item on the agenda related doesn’t mean he has stopped to “discussion and action relative giving back to his country. to public comment guidelines as Bagwell, who retired as a set forth in Ordinance No. 2159. sergeant after serving in the The discussion follows two re- military since 2003, began cent meetings in which the council work to start the nonprofit took up a request from Alfreida Purple Heart Outdoors in Edwards, a state Democratic 2015. The nonprofit funds Central Committee member, to hunting and fishing trips for ensure African American repre- veterans, including those who sentation among employees in the are disabled. Registrar of Voters Office. “Through these outdoor Edwards and another member activities, we at Purple Heart of the audience rose to speak Outdoors are going to provide about the request at the Feb. 24 these warriors with hope so meeting. they can live more active and But, on advice from legal coun- productive lives,” the organization’s website says. “We sel Eric Duplantis, they weren’t want to provide activities that allowed to speak. Duplantis said will allow them something to state and parish law limited pub- look forward to.” lic comments to items on the agen- The organization was hon- da for vote or to those who had re- ored last week as the St. Mary quested to be placed on the agen- Chamber of Commerce’s Non- da. Submitted Photo/Dustin Bagwell Ina and Councilman Craig Profit Business of the Year. Dustin Bagwell of Morgan City, an Army veteran, founded Purple Heart Outdoors. Shown from “Once you separate from the Mathews challenged Duplantis’ in- left are Anthony Taormina IV, Michael Wise, veteran Bobby Boudreaux of Franklin and Bag- military, there’s not a whole terpretation of the parish ordi- (Continued on Page 8) well. Wise funded Boudreaux’s trip and offered use of his camp. (Continued on Page 8) AccuWeather Opinion Lifestyles Obituaries Contact Us 74 69 (See Page 10) (See Page 4) (See Page 2) (See Page 8) News, Advertising and Storms remain in the Saturday's elections The Better Business Boone Circulation High Low forecast and will last offered few surprises Bureau tells you how to Falgout Call 985-384-8370 into Thursday. except widespread stop annoying robocalls. Ruiz support for tax www.stmarynow.com measures. Page 2, The Daily Review, Morgan City, La., Wednesday, March 24, 2021 Lifestyles Dear Abby By Jeanne Phillips ©United Features Syndicate Teen confides in stepmom, but swears her to secrecy DEAR ABBY: My beau- tray your stepdaugh- line contact with Brad tiful 17-year-old step- ter’s confidence to get and even told him that daughter, “Amelia,” re- her the help she needs. she appreciated him cently became sexually Go online to talking with our son be- active. She’s in a “seri- plannedparenthood. cause our son has few ous” relationship with org, locate the nearest friends. But now our son, the boy she had sex with. Planned Parenthood who knows nothing about They have been together clinic and share that the affair or how bad it for six months, and from information with hurt me, has become what she’s told me, they Amelia. The organiza- friendly with Brad. It is both gave each other tion provides a wide very difficult hearing their virginity and pro- range of low-cost ser- him talk about things tection was used. She vices to women and they do together. has not disclosed this to men, including family Should we tell our son her parents. planning, STD diagno- about the affair? My husband and sis and treatment, and STILL HURT Amelia are very close, birth control on a con- IN TEXAS but she and her mom re- fidential basis. cently had a falling-out. You should also en- DEAR STILL HURT: Amelia pledged me to se- courage Amelia to dis- Tempting as it may be crecy, and I immediately cuss this with her par- to “out” your wife to scheduled her to see an ents. She is behaving your son, keep that in- OB/GYN to get her on responsibly in want- formation to yourself. BBB Tip: How to spot, birth control. ing to protect herself. I question the wis- My question is, should dom of Brad having I tell my husband? I feel DEAR ABBY: My wife been encouraged to stop annoying robocalls awful not telling him, but and I have been married cultivate a relationship with your son she has told me she for decades, but 10 years According to a new re- office, are permitted. istration, don’t trust it. doesn’t want either of her ago she had, at the least, since this friendship is the fruit of that deci- port from CNN, Baton Prerecorded messages Scammers know how to parents to know. I’m a texting affair with Rouge receives the most from banks and tele- fake the Caller ID infor- grateful she comes to me “Brad,” a longtime friend sion. Because you pre- fer not to hear what robocalls per person in phone carriers also are mation. for things like this, but of her brother’s. Her the United States, ac- exempt from these rules, —Block. Reduce the eventually, it’s going to brother, who knows your son and Brad are doing, the next time it cording to data from if the organizations number of unwanted come out when my hus- about the affair, lives on YouMail, a robocall-pre- make the calls them- calls by using call-block- band sees the explana- a large tract of land comes up, change the subject. He may or vention service that selves. ing technologies avail- tion of benefits from the owned by their father.

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